Buckhannon, WV – Wesleyan split a pair of games in MEC conference play against the University of Charleston on Saturday. The Lady Bobcats captured game one 12-1, while Charleston took the second game of the doubleheader 10-9. Wesleyan is now 12-14 overall and 5-7 in conference play.
Game One:
Charleston jumped onto the scoreboard first when they put up one run in the first inning. After the first inning, Wesleyan took control for the remainder of the game.
Celia Valencia laid down a sac bunt in the second inning to score
Megan Magsamen and tie things up at one all. In the third inning,
Destiny Alvarado hit a solo homer, followed by a three-run homer from
Kiley Turner to increase the Lady Bobcat's lead to 5-1. Wesleyan put up another seven runs in the fourth inning to seal Charleston's fate in the first game and win 12-1.
Alvarado went 3-3 in the first game, while
Lauryn King went 2-2.
Game Two:
The second game of the doubleheader proved to be a closer match as the two teams traded leads multiple times throughout the game. Wesleyan would score first in the bottom of the first inning when
Lauryn King hit a two-run homer. Charleston responded with a two-run homer of their own in the second inning to knot the score at 2-2. The Golden Eagles notched another run in the third inning to take the lead, 3-2. The Lady Bobcats responded by putting up four runs in the fourth inning to take back the lead at 6-3 thanks to RBI singles from
Ciana Bowen and
Brooke Clark and a 2 RBI double from Alvarado. In the fifth inning, Charleston was able to cut the lead to only one thanks to a two-run homer to bring the score to 6-5. Charleston would put up another two runs in the sixth inning to take the lead back at 7-6. In the bottom of the sixth, the Lady Bobcats put up two more runs to take back the lead, 8-7, when Clark hit an RBI single and
Kennedy Cowart hit a SAC fly RBI. In the top of the seventh inning, the Golden Eagles fought back and put up another two runs to take the lead again at 10-8. The Lady Bobcats looked to rally in the bottom of the seventh by loading the bases. Valencia was hit by a pitch, thus bringing in a run to cut the lead to one. However, Wesleyan was not able to overcome Charleston's lead and finished the game with a final score of 10-9.
Miranda Frye went 3-3, Valencia went 1-2, and Clark went 2-5.
